Hi All,
If you attended the reunion on October 22 then you know how nice a reunion it
was.

About 240 attended which is a very high attendance number for a 45th reunion.
At this point 45 years out from high school, a lot of people quit attending
reunions due to various reasons.

Many cannot even remember high school or have blanked it out due to the
love-hate nature of those 3 years and how emotional it was. Also some are now
suffering from chronic health issues which makes it tough to go see people we
knew when we were at the peak of our youth and health. Our hearts go out to
those who are suffering and we wish them good health and healing.

But for those brave souls who could face their high school past with an open
heart and mind, they had a wonderful time at this reunion. The facility was
decorated to the hilt with memorabilia from our school days which helped get
everyone into the mood.

There was plenty of time to visit with friends though many said the party could
have gone on for hours in order spend enough time with so many friends.

The evening kicked off in the patio area in lovely California weather where alums gathered before going into the Ballroom to the soft acoustic sounds of Dave Cutter, Betsy Holt and Judy Anderson Weintraub W'67 (henceforth known as "The Elysian Singers") accompanied by Linda Fortunato S'66 on the tambourine as they strummed and sang songs from our era including hits by Buffalo Springfield, Credence Clearwater Revival and a rousing version of Chuck Berry's "Roll over Beethoven".

The buffet dinner was excellent and had many choices. There was an abundance of
free wine thanks to Paul Berkman.

There was entertainment from Steve Fagrey doing stand up review of our childhood TV commercials, and there was a montage slide
show of our lives from birth to graduation.

The Periscopes Band played better then when they were in high school which
means they were hot and the place was rockin'. Huge thanks to Ted Kruger, John
Nicholson, Rich Golden and Jim Hungerford for making this happen.

Everyone had a smile on their face the entire evening as they ran into person
after person who they shared their school years. The reunion committee members
were told by many how wonderful and fulfilling the Saturday night party was.

Those who attended the entire reunion weekend starting Friday night with the
Bob's and Blvd cruise, plus the Saturday night party, and also went to the
Sunday VNHS school tour were simply blown away with the 3 day High they were on
from spending quality time with old friends in such a relaxed and joyful
way.

So Here's to Thee Thy Dear High School, and to all of you who attended and
were willing to share your lives together once again.

Order 60's Reunion Music CD:
Reunion Music List of SongsThe Committee hand selected songs from our time as teenagers, to be played at the Reunion.
We did play quite a few of them on the Bus Tour, but because of sound system problems, we
didn't get to play very many at the Reunion. We have made copies (four CD's) and have them
ready. We are asking for a $15.00 donation as this will help contribute to the debt from the reunion, and possibly add funds for a future party. If you are interested, please contact Joanne Beggs LaLone
at joanne@goicr.com for more information.

View Reunion Montage

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